Here are 24 Bible verses about patience in hard times from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.
Romans 12:12 KJV
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Ephesians 6:18 KJV
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
1 Peter 4:12 KJV
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
Luke 21:16 KJV
And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
James 1:3 KJV
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Romans 5:4 KJV
And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
Revelation 2:3 KJV
And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
1 Peter 2:20 KJV
For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
Romans 15:1 KJV
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 KJV
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Romans 8:18 KJV
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Ephesians 6:10 KJV
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
James 5:13 KJV
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
James 1:12 KJV
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Luke 21:13 KJV
And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
James 1:2 KJV
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Luke 21:19 KJV
In your patience possess ye your souls.
Romans 8:25 KJV
But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Romans 8:35 KJV
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Philippians 4:5 KJV
Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
Luke 21:18 KJV
But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
Romans 5:3 KJV
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
2 Corinthians 6:4 KJV
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
James 1:4 KJV
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
